This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Born on this day
1813 -	Missionary and explorer, David Livingstone, is born. [more]
1921 -	Tommy Cooper, famous British comic, is born. [more]
Australian History
1790 -	The HMS Sirius is wrecked off Norfolk Island before it can bring vital food and supplies to the starving colony at Sydney. [more]
1852 -	The First Gold Escort returns wealth from the Victorian goldfields to the South Australian colony. [more]
1932 -	The Sydney Harbour Bridge is officially opened, amidst unexpected controversy. [more]
World History
1812 -	Today is "Swallows Day", marking the annual return of the swallows of Capistrano. [more]
1945 -	The American aircraft carrier, USS Franklin, is divebombed by a kamikazi Japanese aircraft, killing 724. [more]